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Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy
• William Black
• FOOD
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William Black tosses a few receipts into this mix of travel, gastronomy and family history.
(ITL548, $13.95)
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Architecture in Italy 1500-1600
• Wolfgang Lotz
• Deborah Howard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, comprehensive introduction to Italian architecture of the 16th century.
(ITL247, $40.00)
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy. with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Ideal for travelers to Italy with an interest in architecture.
(ITL34, $20.40)
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Art in Renaissance Italy
• Gary M. Radke
• John T. Paoletti
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A complete, scholarly and remarkably readable overview of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture. The authors examine the political, social and artistic currents that produced the unprecedented art of the 15th-17th centuries. With 600 illustrations, more than 200 in color.
(ITL412, $85.00)
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Art of the Byzantine Era
• David Talbot Rice
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans.
(TKY22, $16.95)
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The Art of the Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books, and many individual artists.
(ITL14, $18.95)
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Birds of Europe
• Killian Mullarney
• Lars Svensson
• Dan Zetterstrom
• Peter J. Grant
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95)
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The Birth of Venus, A Novel
• Sarah Dunant
• LITERATURE
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A rich novel of art, passion and patronage, memorably set in late 15th-century Florence and prominently featuring the famously pious reformer Savonarola.
(ITL532, $13.95)
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Blue Guide Northern Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic
• Paul Blanchard
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide by a popular tour leader provides a thorough overview of the history, art and architecture of northern Italy from Trieste across to the Valle d'Aosta, Venice, Verona, Milan, Genoa and Bologna.
(ITL48, $32.95)
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Cadogan Venice
• Michael Pauls
• Dana Facaros
• GUIDEBOOK
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An insightful and comprehensive guide to the three Italian cities.
(ITL326, $17.95)
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Casa Rossa
• Francesca Marciano
• LITERATURE
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A vivid novel following the lives of a mother, daughter, and granddaughter from Puglia over the course of the 20th century, opening as the narrator prepares to sell Casa Rossa, the family farm.
(ITL534, $14.95)
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City Secrets: Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy
• Robert Kahn
• GUIDEBOOK
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An inspired collection of favorite places, experiences, excursions and events in Italy; the contributors are often artists, architects, or members of the American Academy in Rome.
(ITL277, $19.95)
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The Dark Heart of Italy
• Tobias Jones
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An insightful portrait of contemporary Italy by a roving British journalist living in Parma.
(ITL533, $15.00)
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The Devil in the Hills
• Cesare Pavese
• LITERATURE
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This book, the most personal of the many stories, poems and novels of Pavese, follows the summer adventures of three young men in the hills, vineyards and villages of the author's native Piedmont.
(ITL430, $23.95)
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Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens
• Vivian Russell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Edith Wharton's essays on the magnificent villa gardens of Lombardy, Veneto, Florence, Siena and Rome are as full of interest today as when they were first published in 1904.
(ITL716, $45.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Umbria
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A marvelously illustrated, compact guide to the culture, history and attractions of Umbria, organized geographically and especially helpful for its innovative site plans, building diagrams and local maps.
(ITL512, $20.00)
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Fodor's See It Italy
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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Fodor's informative guide to touring Italy, notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country.
(ITL550, $24.95)
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For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys
• Thomas Urquhart
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Urquhart chronicles a lifelong affair with nature, combined with a passion for music, as he travels-- and bird watches-- through pastoral England, Italy, the Camargue in Provence, and the villages of Mali.
(BRD35, $15.00)
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
• Giorgio Bassini
• William Weaver
• LITERATURE
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This powerful book, set in Ferrara, deals with unrequited love and classist society in the time of Mussolini.
(ITL205, $13.00)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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History of My Life (Vols. III & IV)
• Giacomo Casanova
• Willard R. Trask
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An account of derring-do in 18th-century Venice by Casanova, including a memorable description of imprisonment in the Doge's Palace.
(ITL381, $25.00)
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Il Postino
• Michael Radford
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A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
(ITL541, $19.99)
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Insight City Guide Venice
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of Venice with essays on its history, art and architecture.
(ITL23, $16.95)
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Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt.
(MED94, $22.95)
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Insight Guide Northern Italy
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of northern Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture.
(ITL190, $24.95)
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Italian Cinema, From Neorealism to the Present
• Peter Bondanella
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A scholarly history modern Italian film.
(ITL350, $29.95)
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Italian Days
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Grizzuti Harrison writes with warmth and depth of her journey from Milan south to Calabria in this sprightly account of Italy and the Italians.
(ITL02, $15.00)
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Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary
• DK Publishing
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of la casa (house) to the vocabulary of le granaglie e i legumi secchi (grains and legumes).
(ITL626, $12.95)
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Italian Hours
• Henry James
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century.
(ITL07, $16.00)
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Italian Neighbors
• Tim Parks
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This sparkling memoir by the British novelist captures the travails and delights of life in the Italian countryside with charm and wit. Montecchio, which Parks so indelibly sketches in this favorite book, is outside Verona.
(ITL16, $14.00)
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The Italians
• Luigi Barzini
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The definitive portrait of the Italian people, this is a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character. Though first published in 1964, it's still worth reading for its insight, grace and wit.
(ITL05, $16.00)
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Italy and Its Invaders
• Girolamo Arnaldi
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging history of the many empires and world powers that have invaded Italy, and their lasting influences, both positive and negative, on Italian art, architecture and culture up to the present day.
(ITL661, $19.95)
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Italy, A Short History
• Harry Hearder
• HISTORY
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Elegantly written, generous and informative, this compact book takes in the sweep of Italian history from the Roman Republic through the Renaissance, World War II and up to the present.
(ITL56, $26.99)
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Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Lawrence Venuti
• ANTHOLOGY
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Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who's who of contemporary Italian writers that captures the spirit, history and allure of the country.
(ITL466, $14.95)
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La Dolce Vita
• Federico Fellini
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Fellini's celebrated masterpiece about a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indugles in the decadence of "the sweet life."
(ITL543, $34.98)
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The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1
• Giorgio Vasari
• Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Written in the mid-16th century, Vasari starts with Giotto as painting's prophet and ends with Michelangelo as its messiah in these short, influential biographies.
(ITL17, $14.00)
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M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio
• Peter Robb
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily."
(ART47, $22.00)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World
• John Larner
• EXPLORATION
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A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world.
(EXP22, $19.00)
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Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
• Peter Weir
• LITERATURE
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Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805.
(GPS66, $39.98)
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The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
• NEW
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A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean.
(MED98, $20.00)
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Modigliani
• Doris Krystof
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This slim illustrated volume showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture in the handsome Taschen style.
(ART44, $9.99)
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Northern Italy Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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A road map of Northern Italy at a scale of 1:400,000.
(ITL38, $12.95)
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The Olive, Tree of Civilization
• John Train
• Mark E. Smith
• HISTORY
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A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it.
(NAT72, $25.00)
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On The Road with Francis of Assisi
• Linda Bird Francke
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Assisi wandered for 20 years, affording Newsweek editor Francke and her patient husband plenty to see and do in the piazzas, sanctuaries and chapels of Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, Rome and other choice spots.
(ITL647, $15.95)
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One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy
• Paolo Lazzarin
• GUIDEBOOK
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Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide.
(ITL546, $45.00)
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The Ottoman Centuries
• Lord Kinross
• HISTORY
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A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos.
(ITL54, $18.95)
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Palladio
• James Ackerman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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James Ackerman's seminal biography of Venetian architect Andrea Palladio.
(ITL234, $15.00)
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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(EUR202, $15.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Italian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(ITL630, $19.95)
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Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano
• Nick Roberts
• LITERATURE
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These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language.
(ITL730, $13.00)
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Spartacus
• Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's riveting epic about the leader of a Roman slave revolt, starring no less than Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov.
(ITL544, $49.95)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Anthony Minghella
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A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith.
(ITL542, $14.99)
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That Fine Italian Hand
• Paul Hoffman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people.
(ITL346, $17.00)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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A Traveller's History of Italy
• Valerio Lintner
• HISTORY
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A brief history of Italy through the 1990s -- wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries.
(ITL86, $14.95)
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Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere
• Jan Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A loving celebration of the city and its faded glory. Morris, who first visited the city as a soldier during WWII, is especially good at evoking the varied history and fortunes of Trieste.
(ITL347, $15.00)
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Tuscany in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
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A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning.
(ITL607, $14.95)
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Venetian Life
• William Dean Howells
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A leisurely account of housekeeping, touring and socializing in 19th-century Venice by the American consul, first published in 1866.
(ITL327, $16.95)
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Venice and the Slavs, The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment
• Larry Wolff
• HISTORY
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Wolf focuses on the circa-1700s Venetian Empire in the Balkans as a way to explore relations between eastern and western Europe in this fascinating, scholary study of the region.
(BLK35, $27.95)
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Venice for Pleasure
• J.G. Links
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN DECEMBER
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Anecdotal, digressive and fascinating, this book takes you by the hand and shows you the history, art and byways of Venice.
(ITL104, $27.95)
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Venice Map
• Borch Maps
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A colorful, detailed city map of Venice, perfect for finding your way around the famously labyrinthine streets and canals.
(ITL26, $7.95)
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Venice, Lion City
• Garry Wills
• HISTORY
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A magisterial history of Venice at the height of its power as a maritime republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. Wills shows the power and influence of the city through its magnificent Renaissance art and architecture.
(ITL324, $20.00)
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Venice, The City and Its Architecture
• Richard Goy
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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In this oversize, illustrated book, architect and historian Richard Goy discusses the diverse buildings of Venice, including fisherman's cottages, Christian basilicas, Palladio's masterpieces, and Longhena's Santa Maria de Salute. With 400 photographs, in color and black-and-white.
(ITL251, $39.95)
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The Vinegar of Spilamberto, And Other Italian Adventures With Food, Places, And People
• Doris Muscatine
• Alice Waters
• FOOD
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An account of the author's travels and love of Italy, its food and culture.
(ITL662, $15.00)
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Voice of the Violin
• Andrea Camilleri
• Stephen Sartarelli
• MYSTERY
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The fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series, complete with a quirky cast of Sicilian characters.
(ITL537, $13.00)
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Watermark
• Joseph Brodsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A metaphysical, metaphorical meditation on Venice by poet Joseph Brodsky. His ruminations take the form of 48 short chapters, each prompted by an idea, memory or scene associated with his much loved city.
(ITL105, $12.00)
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World Food Italy
• Gabriella Cossi
• Matthew Evans
• FOOD
• OUT OF PRINT
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Take this book along to Italy and eat knowledgeably after taking in the author's explanations of ingredients, regional specialties, classic dishes and methods of preparation.
(ITL386, $12.95)
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